Most Popular Baby Boy Names Since 2006

In this article we'll look at what the most popular baby boy names are since 2006. These names are taken directly from the Social Security card applications for births that occurred in the United States.

The table below shows the top 50 most popular baby boy names since 2006, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name since 2006.

Rank Name Count
1 Noah 285,958
2 Jacob 273,480
3 William 258,486
4 Ethan 248,792
5 Michael 247,811
6 Liam 237,844
7 Alexander 234,703
8 Daniel 229,022
9 James 225,610
10 Mason 219,074
11 Matthew 212,989
12 Elijah 212,976
13 Benjamin 211,325
14 Logan 203,323
15 Aiden 202,518
16 David 199,424
17 Anthony 199,390
18 Jayden 199,159
19 Joseph 199,150
20 Joshua 197,262
21 Christopher 187,889
22 Andrew 186,236
23 Jackson 180,624
24 Lucas 177,110
25 Samuel 176,814
26 John 173,933
27 Gabriel 170,950
28 Ryan 160,810
29 Dylan 158,796
30 Nathan 152,217
31 Isaac 147,878
32 Christian 147,869
33 Luke 146,267
34 Jack 144,418
35 Caleb 141,526
36 Jonathan 141,282
37 Owen 140,709
38 Oliver 139,939
39 Carter 137,529
40 Henry 135,956
41 Wyatt 130,793
42 Sebastian 128,947
43 Nicholas 127,951
44 Isaiah 127,216
45 Landon 126,734
46 Julian 122,951
47 Tyler 118,337
48 Thomas 117,430
49 Hunter 116,214
50 Angel 115,174

More Popular Baby Names

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Top 1000 most popular boy names: 1-250 | 251-500 | 501-750 | 751-1000

Top 1000 most popular girl names: 1-250 | 251-500 | 501-750 | 751-1000

Historical Data for Baby Names

If you're interested to see how the trends and popularity of baby names have changed, you can use the links below to view the historical data by decade.

Most popular first names, 1880-present | since 1950 | since 1960 | since 1970 | since 1980 | since 1990 | since 2000 | since 2010

Most popular boy names, 1880-present | since 1950 | since 1960 | since 1970 | since 1980 | since 1990 | since 2000 | since 2010

Most popular girl names, 1880-present | since 1950 | since 1960 | since 1970 | since 1980 | since 1990 | since 2000 | since 2010

Data Source(s)

All of the data on this page is sourced from the Social Security Administration (SSA) and excludes any names with fewer than 5 occurrences in any geographic area.

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